Monthly Archives: May 2014

Issa starts to pull back the curtain on “Operation Choke Point”

Justice Department secretly stifling ‘objectionable’ businesses: House committee | WashingtonExaminer.com. The report, released Thursday by panel chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., accuses the Justice Department of abusing its authority by going after the payday lending industry and other merchants and working … Continue reading

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“Principle” engineer

Received a LinkedIn notification regarding an engineering friend that got a new job with a new title. He is apparently a “Principle” engineer? If you can’t figure out that you’re actually a Principal engineer, perhaps you shouldn’t be one.

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These men’s lives were just as valuable as the women’s lives.

UCSB Killer | 4 Young Men Dead | Countering Feminist Rants. I have no doubt the two young women who died, Veronika Weiss and Katherine Breann Cooper, were equally as special in their lives as these men were. However, the … Continue reading

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Voters in California contemplate forming new state

Wow, sure founds familiar for us here in Colorado. Voters in California contemplate forming new state – Yahoo News. Residents of California’s largely rural, agrarian and politically conservative far northern counties long ago got used to feeling ignored in the … Continue reading

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How’s that “Tax the Rich” thing working out?

Just ask France – Bad news: France in $14b euro hole after overestimating the haul from that swell 75% millionaire tax « Hot Air. French President Francois Hollande has raised income tax, VAT and corporation tax since he was elected … Continue reading

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“Obama’s experience with the VA is a testament to the danger of big promises — and high expectations.”

say Megan McArdle. Why Obama Can’t Fix the VA – Bloomberg View. Summary: Culture change in any organization is very hard. Culture change in a government bureaucracy is an order of magnitude harder.

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Justice Dept. chokes out ‘undesirable’ businesses

Justice Dept. chokes out ‘undesirable’ businesses | Human Events. Where do we go to vote against the Commissar of Undesirable Businesses, if we decide we disagree with his or her judgments… once we penetrate the veil of secrecy and discover … Continue reading

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Be careful out there: Click it or Tick it

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News you can use: Urine is not sterile

Confirmed: Urine is not sterile | Fox News. Hilt said, when a screening method for kidney infections was developed. It was a simple and easy test that was soon applied to bladder infections, too. But the test involved culturing only … Continue reading

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Government gridlock

Wow, just wow – Obama blames ‘structural’ design of Congress for gridlock – Washington Times. Live with it Mr. Obama. You sound like and you ARE a whining spoiled brat. You are the 44th President of the United States, 43 … Continue reading

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Adam Schiff Vows to Scream Bloody Murder on GOP Abuse

No reason to have an interest in uncovering the truth or anything – Adam Schiff Vows to Scream Bloody Murder on GOP Abuse | Mediaite. And on Rachel Maddow‘s show last night, Schiff explained they decided to participate to keep … Continue reading

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Survivor: Never watched, think I’ll keep it that way

Survivor Is The Most Morally Contemptible Show On TV. Now, it’s only a dumb TV show, I know. But I do wonder why it can’t be structured to reward virtue on occasion. I wonder why juries of real-life people, when … Continue reading

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Where VA has taken veterans, Obamacare is leading all Americans

Where VA has taken veterans, Obamacare is leading all Americans: Kevin O’Brien | cleveland.com. Another conclusion is probably just dawning on those Americans with the wit to see it, because so very few of us have had a brush with … Continue reading

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Is Medicaid really such a good thing?

Zane Pollard: The Bureaucrat Sitting on Your Doctor’s Shoulder – WSJ.com. Had I accepted Medicaid’s protocol and only obtained a scan of the chest, that child might not be alive today. Is that battle with government bureaucracy one that you … Continue reading

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My Commencement Speech to Rutgers’ Geniuses

P.J. O’Rourke – My Commencement Speech to Rutgers’ Geniuses: Go Forth and Fail – The Daily Beast. A must read for Rutgers students, especially the very loud minority and their progressive sympathizers who protested Condoleezza Rice as Rutgers University commencement … Continue reading

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Big Brother: If we don’t like your business

Chase Bank’s Anti-Porn Policy Isn’t New, But It Is Targeted? Gun sellers say ‘high risk’ label from feds cuts off banking options, restricts business And in Colorado we have the legal marijuana business, although it is still a Federal crime … Continue reading

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America’s Amazing Shale Revolution

America’s Amazing Shale Revolution in one chart | AEIdeas.  Thanks to the revolutionary drilling technologies of hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling, America’s petropreneurs have unlocked oceans of shale oil in Texas and North Dakota, which is reflected in the four-fold … Continue reading

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Proper Death Planning Is a Final Gift to Loved Ones

News you can use – Proper Death Planning Is a Final Gift to Loved Ones – NYTimes.com.

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Government Goes Judge Shopping For Email Warrant Rubber Stamp

Government Goes Judge Shopping For Email Warrant Rubber Stamp, Gets Request Shot Down By Second Judge In A Row | Techdirt. Unbelievable. A big shout out to both Judge Facciola and Judge Paul Grewal for protecting our 4th amendment rights. … Continue reading

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Seventh VA office finds secret wait list — with over 200 veterans on it « Hot Air

Bring on Single Payer – Seventh VA office finds secret wait list — with over 200 veterans on it « Hot Air. “The new way to avoid taking responsibility is to tell the world you’re “taking responsibility.” It’s unfathomable to … Continue reading

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